Martin’s shooting touch remains touchy

Guard Kevin Martin’s shooting touch has not returned from the All Star break.

After making two of 10 shots against the Jazz on Wednesday, he is 5-of-25 in the two games since the break, 1-of-10 from beyond the 3-point arc.

Against the Jazz, he was pulled four minutes into the second half and played 20 minutes in the game.

“It’s just shots missing,” Martin said. “When it comes to shots, I really don’t look into it too much because it’s something I’ve been doing my whole career, especially coming off a break. It’s just two games.”

Home is where the wins are

After Wednesday night’s loss at Utah, the Rockets have a .789 winning percentage at home and a .353 winning percentage on the road.

That gives them the third-largest disparity between home and road winning percentages in the NBA behind the Lakers and Jazz.

Rebounding problematic

The Rockets were outrebounded in their last eight games. They had won five of those games before Wednesday’s blowout loss in which the Jazz outrebounded them 50-34, but coach Kevin McHale said even before the game the Rockets would be in trouble if they did not improve on the boards.

“It’ll come back and bite us if we don’t take care of business,” McHale said. “We have to rebound a little bit better. We had some games we let some rebounds get away.

“We had some games the twos and threes have tipped things and kept them alive. For us to rebound, it has to be all five guys.”